The oldest active church in Pennsylvania is also the second oldest Swedish Church in the United States.

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

On the top floor of an upscale department store stands a lavish restaurant housed in a replica of a luxury French dining car.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

Here be dragons.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world's largest chess board.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.